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The Deeds of the Disturber, An Amelia Peabody Mystery
The Deeds of the Disturber An Amelia Peabody Mystery Author:Elizabeth Peters Amelia Peabody -- that tart-tongued, adventure-prone Victorian Englishwoman, who most recently left her inimitable mark on readers with Lion in the Valley -- now returns with this, the fifth volume of her memoirs. — The Deeds of the Destroyer finds Amelia in London with husband Radcliffe Emerson, the archeologist of such irascible temper that the... more » Egyptians call him Father of Curses, and son, the catastrophically precocious Ramses. Quickly the trio find themselves caught up in an intrigue surrounding the dignified British Museum. A lowly night watchman, wit a look of horror frozen on his face, sprawled on the floor before a 'haunted' mummy case; a newspaper headline that asks, 'Can fear kill?'; a pair of dissolute aristocrats; a lady of dubious reputation whose shady past intersects with Emerson's bachelor days; supernatural curses; and a homicidal lunatic ('he could be nothing else') disguised as an ancient Sem priest are all part of the mystery. And as Amelia closes in on the murderer, Emerson must try to keep her from adding herself to the list of victims.« less